Dachshunds Forum Set Tut

© AWDesigns Tutorials - December 2012
 

This tutorial is my own creation and any resemblance to others is purely coincidental.  This tutorial was written for those with a working knowledge of PSP.  Please do not copy or claim as your own.  Anything you produce from this tutorial is yours to do what you wish for personal use only.  No profit is to be made from your results.

Materials Needed:

PSP X or any version should work
Plugins:
MuRa's Meister - Copies

Eye Candy 400 - Gradiant Glow for text

Font Used:  Gessele

A tube of your choice.  I used the beautiful artwork of Mrs Homer Lynn which you can purchase at Creative Design Outlet. You must have a license to use this art.

Forum style mask - I used my own mask made with my photography which is below if you'd like to snag it.


Credit may be given if you wish but not needed 
Photo mask by AWDesigns Photography 

Let's create!

Open a new transparent image 600 x 250 - Flood Fill with a dark color from your tube - I used  #1f1812

Open your tube - duplicate & close original. Resize tube as needed - I resized 65% for the tube I used.  You may need to resize more or less depending on the tube.

Position tube on the left side.  Duplicate tube - apply to tube copy, Mura's Meister - Copies with these settings
 
click image to see larger screen shot

   
Adjust - Blur - Motion Blur - Angle 45 - Strength 20

Move layer below original tube layer.

Apply mask to blurred layer, merge group, change blend mode to Difference.

Move to the bottom layer - apply Effect - Illumination Effect - Sunburst with these settings. 

click image to see larger screen shot

  

Merge down mask layer with bottom layer.

Add a new raster layer.

With your Air Brush paint white around the edge of the tube - do not go over the faces. These are the brush settings I used:

 

Move layer below tube layer if it is not there already.

Adjust - Blur - Radial Blur 

 

   Activate tube layer - add drop shadow V/H 4, Opacity 20, Blur 10, black.

Add a new layer - type out your text in a dark color - apply Eye Candy 4000 - Gradiant Glow 

Glow width 3, Soft corners 10, Opacity 100, Draw only inside selection is checked, color is a pale gray. Change Blend Mode of your text layer to Luminance(L), Opacity 60.

Position text on the far right side of your tag - centered top to bottom.

Merge all layers visible.

Add a new layer - flood fill with a contrasting color from your tube.  I chose the tan orange color from the tube.  Select All - Modify - Contract by 2. 

Hit Delete key once leave a 2 pixel border.

Merge Visible.

 Add © copyright info and your license number.  Merge all visible. 

Add a name using the same effects as before.

 

To make the avatar:

Duplicate your main tag and use the copy to make your avatar.

Crop the portion of the tag you want to use as the avatar - crop size 180 x 180.

When satisfied with your cropping, add a new layer and flood fill with the same color we use for the border on the tag, Select All - Modify-Contract by 2.

 
Add copyright info and license number.

Add initial using the same effects as before and merge all visible.

That's it - you're all done!